The Speckled Kingsnake is covered in tiny yellow spots on a black background, earning it the nickname 'salt-and-pepper snake.' It inhabits wetland edges and bottomland forests across the central South.
Habitat
Bottomland forests, swamp edges, and stream banks
Diet
Snakes, lizards, rodents, and frogs
How common
Common
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